Re: URL protocol validation puzzlers

[Alan Bateman]

On 22/01/2021 08:46, Eirik Bjørsnøs wrote:


Given that this class is @since 1.0 there is probably some resistance 
to changing behaviour in this area?

Yes, URL is really old and much of its legacy behavior cannot be changed 
for compatibility reasons. At some point I think all of its constructors 
need to be deprecated. So if you are making changes to URL then assume 
it will require a lot of Reviewer cycles.

-Alan